Ex-coach of Bavaria Jupp Heinkes admitted that he spoke with the leaders of the champion of Germany.

In an interview with Rheinische Post Online, Jupp Heinkes confirmed that he had been formally invited to head Bayern until the summer of 2018.

"I met with President Uli Henness, Chairman of the Board Karl-Heinz Rummenig and Sports Director Hassan Salihimidzic. However, has not yet decided. After all these four years, after I left Bavaria, football changed very much ... 72-year-old Heynckes won the Bavarian Champions League (2013), the German championship (1989, 1990 and 2013) Cup (2013) and the German Super Cup (1987, 1990, 2012). He also led Real Madrid to victory in the Champions League (1998) and the Super Cup of Spain (1997), and with Schalke twice won the Intertoto Cup (2003, 2004).